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Age
Residence
4
Giovanni Valle
26
Braintree
Rosalia Leo
18 Braintree
5 Theodore Forsyth
26 Barre, Vt.
Christina Macdonald
25
Braintree
7 Hugh B. Killen
22
Weymouth
Nancy Louise Locke
24
Braintree
8 Martin J. Welch Julia L. Gagan
20 Weymouth
14
29
Braintree
Joseph Forsyth Edith Conlan
30
Braintree
19 Augustus Swain Boynton
31 New Britain, Conn.
Alice Peabody Pain
30 Abington
20 Charles A. Pierson
31
Holbrook
Edna B. Pawlowski
24
Holbrook
20 Robert Lockyer
28 Brighton
Amelia · P. Raasch
23 Braintree
31 Ernest A. Gage
33 Braintree
Elizabeth E. (Smith) Kelley
35
Braintree
AUGUST.
6 Walter James McQuade
27
Braintree
Lena May Bower
19 Braintree
7 James Shand
30 Braintree
Florence (Pemberton) Lonsbury
36 Braintree
8 Jean Romeo Picard
25 Quincy
Anne Adele DeYoung
25 Braintree
14 Daniel W. MacQueen Ephemia MacLeoud
58 Cambridge
28 Leon B. Shaw Marguerite E. Bates
19 Weymouth
22
Braintree
16 Dorchester
SEPTEMBER.
1 Everett P. Hull
23 Braintree
Esther (Wentworth) DeCoste 27 Braintree
9 Raymond William Leonard Hazel Wentworth Varney 27 Braintree 25 Foxboro
11 Roy Cuming Brett Marion Estelle Hopkins
24 Braintree
20 North Woburn
14 Wilburn F. Wynot
30 Braintree
Annie B. Scott
26 Braintree
26 Trenton, N. J.
22 Braintree
15 Albert P. Nelson Jennie Helen Aitkin
52 Braintree
23 Braintree
29 Charles B. Pitts Olga Falvitti
24 Braintree
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Date Name
18 Robert T. Whitmarsh
30 Braintree
Harriet L. Litchfield
31 Weymouth
19 Constantino Delgiacco
27 Braintree
Maria M. D'Ousfrio
22
Boston
28 Braintree
28 Weymouth
33 Quincy
22 James Dunn Bessie Winkfield
39 Braintree
22 John T. Morrison
37 Youngwood, Pa.
Annie J. Strathdee ·
31 Braintree
26 Amadio DiCarlo
22 Braintree
Mary D'Berardini
19 Braintree
29 James H. Cook
32 Braintree
Marion Louise Pinkham
33 Boothby Harbor, M-
OCTOBER.
2 J. Thomas Baldwin
28 Braintree
Florence O. Robinson
27 Braintree
4 John T. Beach
28
Braintree
Edith Mildred Knowlton
23 Auburndale
5 Milton T. Jefferson Catherine Kelley
22
Braintree
6 Randolph A. Pollard Margaret Nelson Dam
22
Braintree
6 Thomas F. Egan
30 Holbrook
Norah Mahoney
30 Braintree
10 Michael McSharry Mary Sullivan
28
Braintree
10 Michael J. Savage Hannah M. Sullivan
31 Braintree
10 John R. McGaughey, Jr.
28 Braintree
Mary A. Carrigg
20 Holbrook
20 John J. Finnegan Helen C. Marcelle
26 Quincy
25 Weymouth
20 Ralph D. Flint Fredricka E. Parker
21 Braintree
20 Braintree
18 Walter E. Tirrell Alice Christensen
18 Braintree
23 Horace H. Nogler Florence L. Pentz
19 Braintree
27 Will D. McGlaughlin Mary E. Austin
38 Quincy
27 Thomas H. Powell Bertha L. Drysdale
22 Braintree
18 Braintree
20 Carl H. Bangs Georgiana H. Kelley
Age Residence
23 Austin, Texas
32 Winthrop
27 Dorchester
42 Allston
28 Braintree
21 Braintree
54 Braintree
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Date
Name
27 Oton O. Winkfield
Mary E. (Smith) McNeil
51 Braintree
28 Malcolm C. Sargent
23 Quincy
25 Braintree
31 Michael Richardi
21 Braintree
Angelina Fabiano
21 Braintree
NOVEMBER.
4 John E. Bruch
42 Weymouth
Lottie L. (Doyle) Cameron
43 Braintree
4 William R. Joyce
28
Quincy
Alice I. Powers
22 Braintree
6 Anthony T. Ghiorsi
28 Brockton
Elizabeth V. Foley
27 Braintree
22 Braintree
14 Joseph Pouche Stella Mighorini
17 Braintree
17 Aaron Pratt
23 Braintree
Ida Norma Beckwith
19 Braintree
24 William Pelrine Susie Boudreau
29 Braintree
24 Henry G. Henderson
28 Boston
Nellie Elvira Nelson
19 Quincy
28 Braintree
22 Boston
26 Braintree
24 Braintree
23 Braintree
20 Braintree
DECEMBER.
19 Walter Edward Irvin Clara Lewis Notte
25 H. Ellsworth Thayer Aleda V. MacNeal
26 Charles Franklin Cooke Annie Irene Murphy
30 Joseph A. Link Elizabeth A. Haar
31 John B. Bradford
. Agnes Stewart
28 Philadelphia, Pa.
23 Quincy
21 Braintree
21 Fitchburg
33 Braintree
25 Roslindale
38 Braintree
33 Braintree
27 Chelsea
21 Myrick
24 Leo A. Tracey Florence McGinnis
25 John Koveter Clara P. Grace
25 Henry John Madden, Jr.
Ida Alfreda Whitney
Age Residence
49 Braintree
Helene Stockford
45 Cambridge
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Whole number of marriages, 97.
Birthplace of males .- Braintree, 19; other places in Massachu- setts, 36; British Provinces, 8; Italy, 6; New York, 4; Pennsyl- vania, 4; Scotland, 4; England, 3; Maine, 3; Ireland, 3; Sweden, 2; Russia, Australia, Texas, Washington, D. C., 1 each.
Birthplace of females .- Braintree, 11; other places in Massa- chusetts, 50; British Provinces, 9; Maine, 5; Italy, 5; Ireland, 4; Sweden, 3; New York, 2; England, 2; Michigan, Russia, Rhode Island, Scotland, Louisiana, 1 each.
Residence of males .- Braintree, 58; Quincy, 7; Weymouth, 6; Holbrook, 2; other places in Massachusetts, 14; New York, 2; New Jersey, 2; Pennsylvania, 2; Connecticut, Vermont, Texas, 1 each.
Residence of females .- Braintree, 59; Quincy, 6; Weymouth, 4; Holbrook, 3; Randolph, 2; other places in Massachusetts, 19; Maine, 2; New York, 1.
Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 46; Weymouth, 14; Quincy, 7; Randolph, 3; Holbrook, 2; other places in Massachusetts, 21; Maine, 1; Vermont, 2.
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DEATHS IN 1915
JANUARY.
Date Name
Birthplace
Age
8 Charlotte Ellen Thomas
Massachusetts
53-2-0
11 Marcus O. Lane
Norton
69- 8-27
11 Mortimer Gallivan
Ireland
88-5-10.
15 Ann Long
Scotland
78-8-13
20 Oliver James Fuller
Jay, Maine
89-11-8
21 Levangie
Braintree
2
28 Sarah Jane Anderson
Maine
70- 4-17
30 Kaukola
Braintree
0-0-3.
FEBRUARY.
3 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
3 Eugenia Matilda .Port
South Boston 32- 7-29
3 William Alvah McKean
Nashua, N. H.
72-5-6.
5 Ruth J. DeArcy
Braintree 75-2-8.
6 Ruth Edith Carlson
Quincy
0- 4-29
7 Joseph Milton Foster
Ware
73- 5-8.
8 Willie Herbert Shaw
Weymouth
57-8-7
8 Susie Maria Stevens
Braintree 54- 9-16.
12 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
13 Annie Bird
P. E. I.
45-10- 6
20 Eltie L. Nolte
E. Bridgewater
36-10-28
22 Nolte
Boston
0-0-3
22 Aaron Holden Wilson
Bethel, Vt.
69-3-2
23 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0.
24 Gratsia Massina
Braintree
0-1-24
26 Emma Elizabeth Bowker
Brockton
67-11-24.
26 Unknown
MARCH.
5 Herbert M. Dyer
Braintree
21-4-26:
6 Robert Harold Cannon
Braintree
0- 4- 6
10 Grace Porter Randall
Braintree
54- 1-19
15 Robert DeCoste
Nova Scotia
45-0-0
20 Moran
Braintree
0-0-2
22 Walter Eric Leth
Braintree
1- 1-15.
APRIL.
2 Jeremiah F. Cotter
Braintree
1-0-29,
7 Charles L. Durfee
Holliston
47-11-28
10 Alice May Trott
Boston
0-3-0
11 Lizzie Caroline Minchin
Braintree
61-9-11
60
Date
Name
12 Concetta Oaliva
13 Rudolph Libertine
14 Cornelius Smith
15 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
Braintree 37-8-16
Braintree 0-6-6
Ireland
65-0-0
Boston 40-9-8
Braintree 78-7-12
Newburyport
62-3-0
MAY.
1 Unknown
5 Granville Yager
Oneonto, N. Y.
75-1-5
18 Jennie Wilson
21 Mary S. Sewall
Abington
84-9-15
26 Stillborn
31 Lewis Gregson
England
74-7-7
JUNE.
3 Louise Ellis
Wareham
86-1-16
6 Stillborn
Braintree 0-0-0
13 Emma Frances Kennedy
Cen. Village, Conn. 68- 6-16
14 Sarah Elizabeth Thayer
Braintree
89-4-3
16 Andrew Williams
Nova Scotia 93-0-0
18 Lucien Maganill
Braintree 0-4-1
18 George L. Dennehey
Braintree 23-2-2
19 Franklin Briggs
New Bedford
82-9-17
26 Thomas Forsythe
Ireland 82-1-2
29 Catherine T. Morrissey
Ireland 75-0-0
29 Emma Frances Cain
Carver 66-2-22
JULY.
2 Susan Jane Thayer
Braintree
81-3-26
5 Lydia Ann Tupper
Braintree
68- 2-10
7 Albert R. Flick
N. Y. City
25-0-20
9 Emily Jane Collins
Braintree
69-9-25
13 Marion L. Dennehey
Braintree
17-4-9
16, Robert Ayrton Hickey
Braintree
0-0-1
20 Herbert C. Dennehey
Braintree
27-7-29
26 George Frederick Fallon
Braintree
0-3-11
27 Herbert Adams Vinton
Braintree
70- 2-15
29 Marcus M. Berry
Quincy
63-11-18
AUGUST.
1 Margaret Sullivan
New Brunswick 77-2-8
6 Adeline Shaw Terry
Westport
72-8-0
Birthplace
Age
Italy
26-0-0
Braintree
0-0-1
Ireland
77-0-0
18 Jeremiah Dalton
24 Harrison Herbert Bates
24 Bridget E. Ganley
27 Joanna Beedle
28 Almira Jane Penniman
30 Helen Venilia Maynard
Ireland 60-11-24
Braintree 0-0-0
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Date Name
Birthplace
Age
Braintree
0-6-7
Italy 56-0-0
10 Bridget Kelley
Ireland
84-0-0
10 Mary Ella Cornell
N. Y. City
63-2-25
14 Annie S. Hollis
Braintree 73-3-23
14 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
22 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
24 Ralph Carlisle Cain
Braintree
0-0-1
27 Daniel Potter
Salem
80-3-16
SEPTEMBER.
8 Franklin Grinnell Hathaway
Braintree 0-5-6
11 Daniel J. McDonald
Nova Scotia
56-7-1
17 John J. Kelley
Ireland
34-0-0
20 Oliver Burrill Kilburn
Providence, R. I. 87- 0-12
20 Blanche Wheeler Mclellan
Rockport
59- . 1-17
22 Margaret Burns
Braintree
0- - 6-15
23 Mary M. Sargent
Newbury, N. H. 81- - 6-17
24 J. Amanda Spear
25 Charles Sampson Parnell
27 Bernard D. Lanthorn
St. Andrews, N. B. 86-10-26 39-0-2 Lawrence, Ohio
OCTOBER.
7 Edward J. Colgan
Ireland
50-0-0.
12 Johnny Clito Barasso
15 Emily Alden
Braintree 74-7-27
15 William Dickey
Braintree 69-6-6
18 Stillborn
Braintree 0-0-0
22 Jacob Klay
Switzerland 76-4-22
27 Francis L. Leben
Germany 80- 4-17
29 George K. Bowie
Braintree 0-4-29
Nova Scotia
32- 6-17
NOVEMBER.
1 Lewis Kirk Howard
2 Avis Sawyer
3 Mary Etta Reynolds
4 Michael T. Carroll
4 Herbert Federhen Caldwell
6 Ginna Pantano
6 Mary Smith
8 Juliette Allen Libby
8 John Thompson Sinclair
9 . William J. Madden
11 Eliza A. Lang
Londonderry, Vt. 80-7-28
Boston 88-4-22
Randolph 74-10-7
Pictou, N. S. 31-2-0
Quincy 39-9-11
Braintree 0-8-15
New York
75-9-28
Braintree 78-8-25
St. Johns, N. B. 74-11-26
West Brookfield 46-8-3
E. Bridgewater
71-8-19
7 Malva Carlozzi
9 Risaria Rossa Richardi
30 Mary Helen Levangie
Weymouth 78- - 5-24
Providence, R. I. 0-7-10
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Date Name
Birthplace
Age
15 Alice C. Hollywood
Wilmington, Del.
60-3-4
17 - Stillborn
18 Mary Agnes Pratt
Weymouth
52-3-7
19 Maria Rinaldo
Braintree 0-2-2
20 Ellen Elizabeth Wellwood
Canada 66-11-16
21 Emily Augusto Cate
Philadelphia, Pa. 95- 2-18
24 Emily F. Sharp
Scotland 60-0-0
26
Henry Joseph Burrill
Marlboro
24- 6-22
27 Mary E. Hill
Truro 61-4-1
27 Malcolm Harlin Baker
Truro 43- 0-14
29 Joseph E. Smith
Halifax, N. S.
37-10-26
DECEMBER.
4 J. Sargent Arnold
Braintree
67- 4-20
8 Anna M. Schraut
Germany
67-11-30
10 Ella May Curtis
Nova Scotia 48- 0-15
12 Andrew J. Sims
Boston
79-0-0
13 Jennie Wadsworth White
Rumford, Me.
70-9-22
20 Frank Amasa Bates
Braintree 57- 9-15
21 Walter Henry Dunkerly
Braintree
0- 6-13
26 Joseph DeMas
Braintree
0- 1-18
28 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
Whole number of deaths, 133; males, 63; females, 70; single, 52; married, 41; widowed, 39; unknown, 1.
Birthplace .- Braintree, 52; other places in Massachusetts, 33; British Provinces, 12; Ireland, 9; New York, 4; Maine, 3; New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Scotland, Italy, Germany, un- known, 2 each; Connecticut, Ohio, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Eng- land, Switzerland, 1 each.
Birthplace of fathers .- Braintree, 14; other places in Massa- chusetts, 36; Ireland, 20; Italy, 12; British Provinces, 9; unknown, 8; England, 8; Maine, 4; Scotland, 3; New Hampshire, 3; New York, Vermont, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, 2 each; Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Australia, Germany, 1 each.
Birthplace of mothers .- Braintree, 10; other places in Massa- chusetts, 37; Ireland, 17; British Provinces, 15; unknown, 12; Italy, 10; England, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Maine, Vermont, 3 each; Scot- land, 3; Finland, Sweden, 2 each; Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Germany, France, 1 each.
Ages .- Under 1 day, 1; 1 to 2 days, 4; 2 to 3 days, 2; 3 days to 1 week, 1; 1 to 2 months, 1; 2 to 3 months, 2; 3 to 6 months, 6; 6 to 9 months, 6; 1 year, 2; 15 to 19 years, 1; 20 to 24 years, 3;
Braintree 0-0-0
63
25 to 29, 3; 30 to 34, 4; 35 to 39, 5; 40 to 44, 2; 45 to 49, 5; 50 to 54, 5; 55 to 59, 5; 60 to 64, 8; 65 to 69, 12; 70 to 74, 12; 75 to 79, 12; 80 to 84, 9; 85 to 90, 7; 90 to 94, 1; 95 to 99, 1; unknown, 2; still- born, 11.
Diseases-Arterio-sclerosis, 14; heart disease, 13; pneumonia, 11; stillborn, 11; pulmonary tuberculosis, 8; cerebral hemorrhage, 6; carcinoma, 6; cancer, 5; paralysis, nephritis, accident, 4 each; premature birth, typhoid fever, 3 each; Bright's disease, peritonitis. asphyxiation, pthisis pulmoralis, senile debility, diarrhea, tabes dorsalis, 2 each; cephalemia, malformation of cranium, post-partum hemorrhage, cirrhosis of liver, intussusception, placenta previa, congenital atelectasis, abscess, atelectasis, laryngitis, measles, mi- tral regurgitation, hemiplegia, open foramen, erysipelas, cholera infantum, cholecystitis, convulsions, angina pectoris, malnutrition, enteritis, edema of lungs, suicide, inanition, ulcer, sarcoma of spine, marasmus, 1 each.
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REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
For the Year ending December 31, 1915
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Brain- tree the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors, respectfully submit their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expen- ditures for the year ending December 31, 1915.
HENRY M. STORM, GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, B. HERBERT WOODSUM,
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
LEGISLATIVE.
Moderator, salary $25.00
EXECUTIVE.
Selectmen, salaries
$487.50
Clerical help and other expenses 400.00
$887.50
FINANCIAL.
Auditors, salaries
$150.00
Treasurer, salary
$525.00
Other expenses
50.00
Bond
120.00
$695.00
Collector, salary
$600.00
Other expenses
150.00
Bond
100.00
$850.00
Assessors, salaries
$487.50
Clerical help and other expenses 750.00
$1,237.50
OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS.
Town Clerk, salary
$650.00
Other expenses
250.00
$900.00
Law
$250.00
Election and Registration :
Registrars, salaries $150.00
Other expenses
700.00
$850.00
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TOWN HALL.
Janitor, salary $550.00
Maintenance, plus income
500.00
Insurance
75.00
Insurance on boilers
30.50
$1,155.50
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Police, salaries
$3,741.25
Extra Patrolman $300
Balance 1914
48
$348.00
Other expenses
300.00
Court expenses
50.00
$4,439.25
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Firemen $2,586.00
Extra pay of Firemen
400.00
General expenses
900.00
Hydrant service
6,450.00
New hose
560.00
Painting Hose Wagon No. 3
50.00
Concrete platform at Hose House No. 2 $30
Balance 1914 40
70.00
Fire alarm, maintenance
300.00
$11,316.00
INSPECTION.
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary .
$200.00
Other expenses
75.00
$275.00
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FORESTRY.
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail
Moths
$2,400.00
Care of trees
500.00
Forest fires
400.00
$3,300.00.
HEALTH.
Board of Health, salaries
$300.00
Other expenses
100.00
Printing
200.00
Fumigation
200.00
Contagious diseases
500.00
Care of dumps
100.00
Vital statistics
50.00
Inspection of animals
100.00
Inspection of meat and provisions
300.00
Inspection of milk
100.00
Inspection of plumbing
300.00
$2,250.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Highway Surveyors, salaries
$487.50
Clerical help and other expenses
175.00
General repairs, stone roads and
oiling streets, plus Abutters' Tax,
Excise Tax, Street Railway Tax . 15,000.00 Snow expense
1,000.00
Street lighting
6,264.00
Construction of Washington Street, Braintree Highlands 5,000.00
Construction of Victoria Avenue
500.00
Grading Standish Avenue
390.00
Extension Robinson Avenue and
Mt. Vernon Street $300
100
400.00
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Construction of Oak Street 250.00
Sidewalk, Union Street 300.00
$29,766.50
CHARITIES.
Overseers of Poor, salaries $487.50
Clerical help and other expenses 225.00
Outside relief, plus refunds
5,000.00
Braintree Home, maintenance
1,600.00
Insurance 60.00
Repairs
200.00
To be expended under Chapter 763,
Acts of 1913
1,300.00
$8,872.50
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
State Aid and Soldiers' burials
$2,700.00
Military aid
144.00
Soldiers' Relief
800.00
$3,644.00
EDUCATION.
Teachers and Superintendent, salaries
(Plus dog tax and school fund) . $41,000.00
Janitors, salaries
4,950.00
Text books and supplies $2,500.00
Balance 1914 259.25
2,759.25
Incidentals
800.00
Buildings and grounds, repairs and
expenses
1,000.00
Fuel
2,700.00
Transportation of pupils
1,700.00
Insurance on buildings
353.70
Insurance on boilers
137.25
Hollis School, repairs
2,000.00
Lincoln School, grading 300.00
Penniman School, completing hall ... 300.00
$58,000.20
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LIBRARY.
General expenses $1,500.00
Distribution of books (East Braintree)
150.00
Janitor, salary
250.00
Support of Library in Precinct Three
1,000.00
$2,900.00
RECREATION.
Town lands
$150.00
Hollis Playground, balance 1914 202.23
$352.23
UNCLASSIFIED.
Miscellaneous expenses
$2,000.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Compensation of Public Employees for injuries 350.00
$2,550.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Electric Light Department :
Lighting Board, salaries $300.00
Depreciation Fund 4,670.62
Street light extension 503.38
Operating, etc., balance of 1914 .. 401.68
$5,875.68
Water Department :
Extension of mains, Liberty St. .
$4,000.00
CEMETERY.
Plain Street Cemetery
$150.00
INTEREST.
On $10,000 notes held by N. H. Hunt Trust, 12 months $400.00
On $7,500 notes held by Thayer Li- brary, 12 months 300.00
On $2,500 notes held by Thayer Li- brary, 12 months 100.00
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On $10,000 bonds, Abraham Lincoln School, 6 months 175.00
On $8,000 bonds, Abraham Lincoln School, 6 months 140.00
On $54,500 bonds, Hollis School, 6 months 1,090.00
On $51,000 bonds, Hollis School, 6 months 1,020.00
On $44,000 bonds, Town Hall, 6
months
880.00
On $41,000
bonds,
Town . Hall,
6
months 820.00
On $3,500
bonds,
Playground
6
months
70.00
On $3,000
bonds,
Playground,
6
months
60.00
On $271,500 bonds and notes, Water
Loans, 12 months 10,860.00
On $16,500 bonds,
Electric
Light
Loan, 12 months 660.00
Discount on loans in anticipation of Revenue 2,400.00
$18,975.00
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Payment of Stetson note
$2,500.00
Payment of note, Hunt Trust 1,000.00
Payment of note, Thayer Library 750.00
Payment of note, Thayer Library . .
500.00
Payment of note, Mayflower Park Water Loan 1.000.00
Payment of note, Abraham Lincoln School
2,000.00
Payment of bonds, Hollis School
3,500.00
Payment of bonds, Town Hall 3,000.00
Payment of bonds, Hollis Playground 500.00
$14,750.00
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SINKING FUNDS.
Municipal Light Board $430.00
Water Loans 5,120.00 $5,550.00
Total appropriations at Annual Meeting .... $183,966.86
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Legislative
$25.00
Executive
887.50
Auditors 150.00
Treasurer
695.00
Collector
850.00
Assessors
1,237.50
Town Clerk
900.00
Law
250.00
Election and Registration
850.00
Town Hall
1,155.50
Police Department
4,439.25
Fire Department
11,316.00
Sealers of Weights and Measures
275.00
Forestry
3,300.00
Health
2,250.00
Highway and Bridges
29,766.50
Charities
8,872.50
Soldiers' Benefits
3,644.00
Education
58,000.20
Library
2,900.00
Recreation
352.23
Miscellaneous expenses
2,350.00
Memorial Day .
200.00
Electric Light Department
5,875.68
Water Department
4.000.00
Cemetery
150.00
Interest
18,975.00
Municipal Indebtedness
14,750.00
Sinking funds
5,550.00
Total appropriations for 1915 $183,966.86
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Less amounts appropriated but not raised by taxation : Pay of extra Patrolmen $48.00 Concrete platform at Hose House No. 2 40.00
On Salary Sealer of Weights
and
Measures
75.00
Extension of Robinson Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street 100.00
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials
2,700.00
Military Aid 72.00
Text books and supplies
259.25
Support of Library, Precinct Three 1,000.00 . . Hollis Playground 202.23
Electric Light Department :
Salary of Lighting Board $300.00
Depreciation Fund
-4670.62
Street light extension
503.38
Operating expenses, etc. 401.68
Interest on bonds
660.00
Sinking Fund
430.00
6,965.68
Water Department :
Interest on water debt
10,860.00
On Municipal indebtedness 3,900.62
Bank and Corporation taxes (esti-
mated)
6,000.00
$32,222.78
Total amount of appropriations raised
by taxation
$151,744.08
TAX FOR TOWN, COUNTY AND STATE PURPOSES. Town tax
$151,744.08
County tax
6,238.61
State tax 17,452.50
75
METROPOLITAN PARKS TAX.
Proportion of Parks sinking fund .. $93.65
Proportion of Boulevard sinking fund 29.97
Proportion of Nantasket sinking fund 10.14
Proportion of Parks Serial Bonds . . .. 15.31
Proportion of Boulevard Serial Bonds
10.31
$159.38
Proportion of Parks interest $529.72
Proportion of Boulevard interest
202.15
Proportion of Nantasket interest
58.17
$790.04
Proportion of Parks maintenance
$869.14
Proportion of Boulevard maintenance
251.83
Proportion of Nantasket maintenance
105.91
$1,226.88
CHARLES RIVER BASIN.
Serial Bonds
$22.32
Interest
276.83
Maintenance
316.14
$615.29
State Highway tax
139.76
Overlayings
4,184.51
$182,551.05
Abutters' tax on oiling and watering
streets
1,427.59
Moth tax for work on private property
1,239.70
Total commitment August 6, 1915 ...
$185,218.34
Street Railway excise tax
2,376.10
Additional poll taxes and omitted
taxes committed Dec. 27, 1915 . .
961.05
Total commitment 1915
$188,555.49
76
Valuation Prec. 1 2
3 Total
Buildings $1,717,600 $1,893,800 $1,546,215 $5,157,615 Land 864,125 991,750
647,600 2,503,475
$2,581,725 $2,885,550 $2,193,815 $7,661,090
Personal property
665,025
460,575
650,600 1,776,200
Total valuation $3,246,750 $3,346,125 $2,844,415 $9,437,290
Tax for all purposes :
Real estate $48,536.43 $54,248.34 $41,243.72 $144,028.49
Personal prop. 12,502.47
8,658.81
12,231.28
33,392.56
Polls 2,084.00
1,552.00
1,494.00
5,130.00
$63,122.90 $64,459.15 $54,969.00 $182,551.05
Oiling and watering streets :
$421.05 $665.24
$341.30
$1,427.59
Moth tax 352.20
604.25
283.25
1,239.70
$185,218.34
Street Railway excise tax
2,376.10
Additional poll taxes and omitted taxes
961.05
$188,555.49 $182,551.05 to be raised by taxation on 2565 polls and a valuation of $9,437,290 makes the rate per $1000 valuation
$18.80
Raised by Per cent.of Division of Taxation Total Tax Tax Rate
Legislative
$25.00
.00 013
.00 2444
Executive
887.50
.00 471
.08 8548
Auditors
150.00
.00 080
.01 5040
Treasurer
695.00
.00 369
.06 9372
Collector
850.00
.00 451
.08 4788
Assessors
1,237.50
.00 651
.12 2388
Town Clerk
900.00
.00 477
.08 9676
Law
250.00
.00 133
.02 5004
77
Election and registration
850.00
.00 451
.08 4788
Town Hall
1,155.50
.00 613
.11 5244
Police Department
4,391.25
02 329
.43 7852
Fire Department
11,276.00
.05 980
1.12 4240
Sealing Weights and
Measures
200.00
.00 106
.01 9928
Forestry
3,300.00
.01 750
.32 9000
Health
2,250.00
.01 193
.22 4284
Highways and bridges
29,666.50
.15 734
2.95 7992
Charities
8,872.50
.04 706
.88 4728
Soldiers' Benefits
872.00
.00 462
.08 6856
Education
57,740.95
.30 623
5.75 7124
Library
1,900.00
.01 008
18 9504
Recreation
150.00
.00 080
.01 5040
Miscellaneous
2,000.00
.01 061
19 9468
Memorial Day
200.00
.00 106
.01 9928
Compensation Public
Employees
350.00
.00 186
.03 4968
Water Department
4,000.00
.02 121
.39 8748
Cemetery
150.00
.00 080
.01 5040
Municipal indebtedness.
10,849.38
.05 754
1.08 1752
Interest
7,455.00
.03 959
.74 4292
Sinking fund
5,120.00
.02 715
.51 0420
State tax
17,452.50
.09 256
1.74 0128
Metropolitan Parks tax
2,176.30
.01 154
.21 6952
Charles River Basin tax
615.29
.00 326
.06 1288
State Highway tax
139.76
.00 074
.01 3912
County tax
6,238.61
.03 309
.62 2092
Overlayings
4,184.51
.02 219
.41 7172
$188,551.05
1.00 000 $18.80 0000
Less Bank and Corpora- tion tax (estimated) 6,000.00
$182,551.05
78
Precincts
1
2
3
Total
Number of polls
1042
776
747
2565
Number of residents assessed on property :
Individuals
634
574
485
1693
All others
59
50
43
152
693
624
528
1845
Number of non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals
143
130
229
502
All others
22
17
26
65
165
147
255
567
Number of persons assessed :
On property
858
771
783
2412
Poll tax only .
728
509
473
1710
1586
1280
1256
4122
Number of horses assessed
166
154
90
410
Number of cows assessed
102
163
119
384
Number of swine assessed
293
0
25
318
Number of fowl assessed
500
375
225
1100
Number of dwelling houses
assessed
701
649
616
1966
Number of
acres
of land
assessed
4050
2045
1822
7917
. .
79
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.
Total appropriations $183,966.86
Total credits
8,465.25
Total special taxes 7,458.47
Total overlay account
8,912.18
Total overdrafts
2,779.87
Total school fund
350.00
Total dog tax
887.29
$212,819.92
Total payments
$161,151.71
Total unexpended balances
14,492.04
Total payments where no orders were drawn 37,176.17
$212,819.92
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Legislative.
Moderator,
appropriation
$25.00
Paid Woodsum, Benjamin H.
$25.00
Executive.
Selectmen,
salaries, appropriation
$487.50
Paid Holbrook, George H.
$162.50
Storm, Henry M.
162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50
Clerical help and other expenses,
Appropriation
$400.00
Credit
3.00
Overdraft
38.02
$441.02
80
Paid Adams Express Co. $.21
Hobbs & Warren . 5.76
Holbrook, George H.
6.00
Michelson, N. Co.
1.00
Porter, B. E.
156.00
Pratt & Pratt
124.00
Prescott, G. W. Pub. Co.
92.50
South Braintree P. O.
19.40
Webster, F. S. Co.
36.15
$441.02
Credit.
Texas Company $3.00
Financial.
Auditors,
salaries, appropriation $150.00
Paid McKean, William A., 1914 $50.00
Oakman, Otis B., 1914 . 50.00
Tarbox, C. Frederick, 1914
50.00
Treasurer,
salary, appropriation $525.00
Credit
109.38
$634.38
Paid Dyer, Benjamin F.
$525.00
Oakman, Otis B. 109.38
$634.38
· Credit.
Dyer, Benjamin F., refund $109.38
Other expenses,
appropriation
$50.00
Paid Dyer, Benjamin F.
$25.00
Globe Stamp. Works
2.11
Hobbs & Warren
5.07
McArdle, H. B.
1.50
Oakman, Otis B.
8.50
So. Braintree P. O. .
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